Look Who It Is!: My Story

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That said, there’s one particular skit that haunts him: his 2008 impersonation of Amy Winehouse at Amnesty’s Secret Policeman’s Ball. He repeats for me now that impression of her squawky north London accent: “‘Aw’ight, Blake!’ I’d be tottering around with my beehive. Now I go, oh my God: in the public eye with addiction. I feel like such an arsehole. Because that poor woman. But we were just dressing up – ” he repeats – “‘Aw’ight’. And now I’ve lived with someone with addiction and seen how out of control it is and the emotional turmoil. I was completely naive. Twenty-four years old thinking, ‘Isn’t it funny – look at her, staggering around with her pumps.’” He shudders: “Oh, Alan, you bloody idiot.” Problem is, he says: “In your 20s you think you’ve got all the answers. You get to 40 and realise you’ve got no answers at all. You are just stumbling through life, messing up and apologising.” The introduction however was dry ,and I was worried I might not get on with it ,however once past this introduction,it flew! The most heartfelt and raw parts of this autobiography were the reflections on Alan's childhood - as much as this autobiography was written and narrated with his cheeky tone - and growing up in the shadow of his football manager father. With his father so known, there were always expectations about what his son *should* be, expectations which Alan never fit and was inadvertently punished for. Trying to come to terms with this burden and recognising that his sexuality was not "just a phase", Alan gave a real sense of the imposter syndrome that he experienced in his adolescence and how he gradually moved through that with the freedom of university and travel (via some particularly mundane jobs, who knew that Alan Carr has witnessed so many historically-significant Tesco moment?!?). Look Who It Is!, his autobiography, was published. Look Who It Is! is the autobiography of Alan Carr, a British comedian and television personality. It chronicles his life from his childhood in Weymouth to his current role as host of The Friday Night Project. Carr describes growing up in the shadow of his father, Graham Carr, and being expected to grow up to be a great football player despite his early “puppy fat” in the book. Alan Carr to Host this Year's Royal Variety Performance 2021". itv.com/presscentre . Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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What I loved the most was seeing the extremes of Alan – from extremely nervous to travelling the world for a year. Seeing him see himself just as he had done before, even when success hit And even when things didn’t go so well – he still writes with such humour and wit about it. Instead, we discuss how, in his 40s, he’s finally comfortable in his own skin. In the past, he’d never watch his own appearances – not even one episode of Chatty Man – because he hated his looks. He always thought he was overweight and his teeth were gappy – although he’s astute enough to know they enhance the caricature, the brand, much like Kenneth Williams’s flaring nostrils. The younger generation has taught him a lot about gender and sexuality, and how to be, he says. The Friday Night Project (Comedy), Princess Productions, Channel 4 Television Corporation, 4 February 2005 , retrieved 6 September 2022

He has written two autobiographies, Look Who It Is! and Alanatomy, and even they are in the distinctive voice he describes as like “a seagull fighting for a chip” but I receive as trilling reverberations of Kenneth Williams in his scratchy Carry On heyday. As a comedian, Carr’s DNA is 60% Williams, with dollops of a softer camp reminiscent of Frankie Howerd, Julian Clary, Larry Grayson and Dale Winton. He twists round to throw this to the audience. “Do you think about death?” There is a chorus of yesses. He hasn’t worked out whether he’d do a burial or a cremation yet. Then he perks up. “What about the Viking one, where they set you on fire and push you out into the lake? Yeah, that might be quite nice.” What music would he have? “Hopefully, Adele would sing me off. Someone Like You as I disappear down the River Nene in Northampton.” The show, called Changing Ends, is co-written by the 46-year-old and focuses on his time living in Northampton in the 1980s while his father Graham Carr was manager of the town's football team.

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The brilliantly funny and inimitable Alan Carr tells his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise to become one of Britain's best-loved comedians. If you've seen 'The Tooth Fairy Live' then you will recognise some of the anecdotes but it's still funny and what makes it even better is that whilst reading it, you can hear his unique voice in your head.With any other story, I'd be irritated by the author going off on a tangent. Alan does this here, but it's so endearing and true to life that I loved it. He'd be in full flow one minute, before veering off to talk about something else that reminded him of that situation. It was like hearing a story from a friend, and I embraced it. His memories are incredibly personal, and I was pleased to share these with him, much preferring his stories from childhood and his hilarious call centre tales to reading about the ins and outs of the comedy circuit. I must admit, however, he didn't go into heavy detail about what happens behind the scenes; I've read comedy autobiographies before which have totally over-cranked this. His insight into the world of growing up as an gay adolescent ,working in a call centre,to stand up comedy ,is lighthearted but honest. Carr will feature in the series as himself in the present day, while Oliver Savell, who starred in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, will play the young Alan.